Why Do Cuckolded Males Provide Paternal Care?

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Griffin, Ashleigh S ^a   Alonzo, Suzanne H ^b   Cornwallis, Charlie K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FISH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSECT; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL CARE; PATERNITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; INSECTS; MALE; MAMMALS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AVES; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875464282     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001520     Document Type: Article

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